The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere Application Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WebSphere Application Server over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category for the Milton Keynes region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS)
Rank 52 55 -
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -
Contract jobs citing WebSphere Application Server 3 7 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 0.565% 1.003% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 2.542% 5.882% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £263 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £380 £425
% change year-on-year
+1.97% -10.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £57.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year
- +27.77%
All Application Platforms
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
118 119 91
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 22.22% 17.05% 15.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 50 40
Average daily rate £375 £300 £215
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% +39.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £120 £148 £142
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £328 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 7 7
Average hourly rate £13.00 £13.50 £21.47
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.70% -37.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.90 £13.00 £12.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.00 £13.50 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
WebSphere Application Server
Buckinghamshire

WebSphere Application Server
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing WebSphere Application Server across the Milton Keynes region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Milton Keynes WebSphere Application Server Jobs Demand Trend

WebSphere Application Server
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing WebSphere Application Server across the Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes WebSphere Application Server Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere Application Server
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WebSphere Application Server across the Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Milton Keynes WebSphere Application Server Daily Rate Histogram

WebSphere Application Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes region citing WebSphere Application Server also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited WebSphere Application Server.

1 5 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 3 (60.00%) Java
2 3 (60.00%) IBM
2 3 (60.00%) Web Services
3 2 (40.00%) LDAP
3 2 (40.00%) DTS
3 2 (40.00%) Technical Architecture
3 2 (40.00%) Spanish Language
3 2 (40.00%) WebSphere Portal
3 2 (40.00%) IBM InfoSphere
3 2 (40.00%) SOAP
4 1 (20.00%) Master Data Management
4 1 (20.00%) Use Case
4 1 (20.00%) Product Marketing
4 1 (20.00%) Sun
4 1 (20.00%) Middleware
4 1 (20.00%) J2EE
4 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
4 1 (20.00%) SOA
4 1 (20.00%) OO
4 1 (20.00%) RAD
4 1 (20.00%) RUP
4 1 (20.00%) E-business
4 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (20.00%) ATG
4 1 (20.00%) Retail
4 1 (20.00%) Data Management
4 1 (20.00%) Zachman Framework
4 1 (20.00%) TOGAF
4 1 (20.00%) Information Management

WebSphere Application Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes region citing WebSphere Application Server also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited WebSphere Application Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 3 (60.00%) Web Services
3 2 (40.00%) SOAP
4 1 (20.00%) Middleware
4 1 (20.00%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) WebSphere Portal
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) DTS
1 2 (40.00%) IBM InfoSphere
General
1 2 (40.00%) Spanish Language
2 1 (20.00%) Retail
2 1 (20.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Deployment Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Applications Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Master Data Management
2 1 (20.00%) Use Case
2 1 (20.00%) Product Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (20.00%) SOA
2 1 (20.00%) OO
2 1 (20.00%) RAD
2 1 (20.00%) RUP
2 1 (20.00%) E-business
2 1 (20.00%) Data Management
2 1 (20.00%) Zachman Framework
2 1 (20.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (20.00%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Java
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) IBM
2 1 (20.00%) Sun
2 1 (20.00%) ATG